1920 - U.S. Census Extractions

U.S. Federal Census

** PLEASE NOTE ** THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES CONTAIN CORRECTIONS TO OBVIOUS ERRORS MADE BY THE ENUMERATOR AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS SURNAMES WHICH ARE PROVIDED IN THE PARENTHESIS.

1920

Ford County

LymanTwp. ~ Roberts Village

Census Taken Jan 26th
ED #7 Household #40 ~ Family #40

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Campbell, Hiram	Head	40	IL	IN	IL
Campbell, Eva (Knight)	Wife	46	IL	PA	OH
Hedger, Jolly	Stepson	16	IL	IL	IL
Eva was married to Thadeus Hedger in 1898; Hiram is listed as an engineer.

Census Taken Jan 27th
ED #7 Household #135 ~ Family E135

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Knight, Warren	Head	62	IL	PA	OH
Knight, Orville	Nephew	27	IL	IL	IL
Warren is listed as single, owning home; Orville is listed as a chauffer.

1920

Livingston County
Created in 1837 from LaSalle & McLean Counties

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Chatsworth Twp.- ED #22

Household #7 ~ Family #7 |Spruce Steet
Census Taken Jan 2nd

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Knight, Ira M.	Head	58	IL	PA	OH
Knight, Hannah C. (Hohnes)	Wife	49	IL	DENMARK	DENMARK
Knight, Gladys, M.	Dau	20	IL	IL	IL
Ira's occupation is listed as "none"; Gladys is a telephone operator.

Household #92 ~ Family 98
Census Taken Jan 3rd

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Nagle, John	Hired Hand	54	NY	IRE	IRE
John is listed in household of Peter Kurstenbasch age 32. Peter's wife Josephine age 34; son Raymond 7; and daughter Nellie 4½.

Germanville Twp. - ED #27

Household #29 ~ Family 30
Census Taken 06 January

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Knight, Elmer A.	Head	56	IL	PA	OH
Knight, Ella	Wife	54	NY	IRE	IRE
Knight, Elmer B.	Son	17	IL	IL	NY
Knight, Bloyce W.	Son	16	IL	IL	NY
Elmer is listed as a farmer, his son Elmer as a farm laborer. The 1917 Farmer's Directory for Livingston indicates he owned 110 acres and has been a resident of the county since 1876.

1920

Buena Vista County

Dwelling #64 / Family #65
Peterson Street - Town of Alta, Nokomis Twp.

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Wilkinson, Roy H.	Head	30	IA	IRE	IRE
Wilkinson, Florence	Wife	29	IA	SWEDEN	SWEDEN
Wilkinson, Dona?	Dau	2½	IA	IA	IA
Roy or Ray is listed as owning his own home free of mortgage & is a clothier merchant.

Dwelling #350 / Family #360
Prospect Street - Town of Alta, Nokomis Twp.

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Johnson, DeForest	Head	69	IA	NY	NY
Johnson, Emma (Bovey)	Wife	66	IL	MD	PA
DeForest is listed as renting his home; no occupation listed.

1920

Cherokee County

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Cherokee City ~ ED #20

West Cherry Street - Census Taken 21 January
Dwelling #327 / Family #344

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Onn, Joseph H.	Head	51	ENG	ENG	ENG
Onn, Ina B. (Johnson)	Wife	45	IL	IL	IL
Onn, Louise	Dau	11	IL	ENG	IL
Onn, Alice	Dau	09	IL	ENG	IL
Onn, Deforest	Son	07	IL	ENG	IL
Joseph is listed as a R.R. Clerk having immigrated to the U.S. in 1904 and naturalized in 1914.

Cherokee City ~ ED #21

304 Roosevelt ~ Dwelling #74/Family #77

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Bovey, Charles W.	Head	46	IL	MD	PA
Bovey, Nella	Wife	40	IL	IL	NY
Bovey, Paul	Nephew	13	IL	IL	IL
Bovey, Donald	Nephew	12	IL	IL	IL
Bovey, Robert	Nephew	10	IL	IL	IL
Bovey, Charles	Son	1 3/12	IA	IL	IL
Charles is listed as a proprietor.

Cherokee City ~ ED #22 (3rd Ward)

357 Cedar ~ Dwelling #69 / Family #62

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Rand, George E.	Head	58	IL	NH	ME
Rand, Emma L.	Wife	57	GER	GER	GER
Peters, Ruby F.	G-dau	16	IA	IA	IA
Peters, Ruth F.	G-dau	15	IA	IA	IA
Bovey, Robert	Nephew	10	IL	IL	IL
Bovey, Charles	Son	1 3/12	IA	IL	IL
George is listed as a street laborer for the city.

1920

Page County
Created in 1847 from Pottawattamie County

Clarinda City
422 S. 16th Street

Dwelling #212 ~ Family #223

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Pierce, Maggie (Arbuckle)	Head	68	SCOT	SCOT	SCOT
Pierce, Ralph	Son	24	IA	NY	SCOT
Woolm, Pauline	Foster Child	13	IA	WI	KS
Maggie is listed as widowed, and having come to the U.S. in 1853 - naturalized in 1862. Her son Ralph is listed as a newspaper reporter.

820 Lincoln
Dwelling #157 ~ Family #165

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Pierce, Roy E.	Head	40	IA	NY	SCOT
Pierce, Elizabeth	Wife	39	OH	OH	OH
Pierce, Thelma	Dau	13	IA	IA	OH
Pierce, Margaret	Dau	12	CO	IA	OH
Pierce, Clarence	Son	10	IA	IA	OH
Pierce, Helen	Dau	08	IA	IA	OH
Pierce, Alice	Dau	06	IA	IA	OH
Pierce, Walter	Son	4.5	IA	IA	OH
Pierce, Roy Jr.	Son	1/12	IA	IA	OH
Roy is listed as proprietor of a meat market, his five oldest children attending school.

1920

Washington County
Created in 1837 from Wisconsin Territory

Lime Creek Township

Dow Street - Census Taken 07 January
Dwelling #132 / Family #131

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Lindsay, Isaac	Head	47	TN	TN	VA
Lindsay, Agnes (Williams)	Wife	45	IA	PA	SCOT
Lindsay, Cecil	Son	17	IA	TN	IA
Anderson, Lena	Dau	20	IA	TN	IA
Ferguson, Agnes	M-Law	79	SCOT	SCOT	SCOT
Isaac is listed as an Asst. Post Master for the U.S. Dist., his mother-in-law Agnes is listed as widowed and his daughter Lena as married.

1920

Barnes County
Created 1875 from Cass County

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Baldwin Township

Dwelling #137 /Family #142
Census Taken the 27-28 of February

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Neagle, William	Head	47	IL	IRE	IRE
Neagle, Clara (Danforth)	Wife	42	MN	VT	IL
Neagle, Wm. H.	Son	14	ND	IL	MN
Neagle, Helen E.	Dau	12	ND	IL	MN
Neagle, Ruth	Dau	08	ND	IL	MN
Neagle, C. Constance	Dau	06	ND	IL	MN
Neagle, Mildred.	Dau	02	ND	IL	MN
William is listed as a famer owning his own land of 119 acres; daughter Mildred is listed as 2 years and two months.

Dwelling #148 / Family #153
Census Taken 1st,2nd & 3rd day of March

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Danforth, Willie	Head	55	WI	NY	VT
Danforth, Clara (Ferguson)	Wife	49	MN	SCOT	MA
Danforth, Ada M	Dau	11	ND	WI	MN
Willie A. is listed as owning his own farm of 130 acres; daughter Ada is listed in the 1910 as an adopted daughter, parents place of birth unknown.

Dwelling #155 / Family #160
Census taken the3rd, 4th & 5th day of March

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Davidson, Robert	Head	37	CAN	SCOT	SCOT
Davidson, Pearl (Johnson)	Wife	35	IA	IL	IL
Davidson, Lucile	Dau	17	MN	CAN	IA
Davidson, Vivian	Dau	16	MN	CAN	IA
Davidson, Robert	Son	14	MN	CAN	IA
Davidson, Harold	Son	13	MN	CAN	IA
Davidson, Donald	Son	12	MN	CAN	IA
Davidson, Raymond	Son	10	MN	CAN	IA
Davidson, Vernon	Son	09	MN	CAN	IA
Davidson, Wm J.	Son	07	MN	CAN	IA
Davidson, Roland	Son	04	MN	CAN	IA
Davidson, Margaret	Dau	03	MN	CAN	IA
Davidson, Ida L.	Dau	11 Mos	MN	CAN	IA
Robert is listed as a farmer renting a 138 acre farm.

Valley City

Dwelling #116 /Family #157
Census Taken the 12 Jan

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Johnson, Frank F.	Head	66	IL	NY	NY
Johnson, Ida May (Rand)	Wife	63	IL	NH	ME
Johnson, Howard E.	Son	21	IA	IL	IL
Johnson, Fronie	Dau	20	MN	IL	IL
Johnson, Lesley R.	Son	18	MN	IL	IL
Johnson, Merle M.	Dau	16	MN	IL	IL
Johnson, Arline	G-Dau	2 ^3/12	MN	MN	IL
Frank is listed as renting his home; no occupation is listed - sons Howard & Lesley are listed as laborers; Arline is granddaughter.

Ellsbury Twp.

Dwelling #36 /Family #39
Census Taken the 22 -27 January

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Crowley, Daniel J.	Head	50	IRE	IRE	IRE
Crowley, Lillian (Danforth)	Wife	39	MN	VT	IL
Crowley, Eula	Dau	15	ND	IRE	MN
Crowley, William	Son	11	ND	IRE	MN
Crowley, Evelyn M.	Dau	08	ND	IRE	MN
Crowley, Vivian D.	Dau	3½	ND	IRE	MN
Daniel is listed as a farmer.

1920

Benson County

Esmond Village ~ ED #25

Dwelling #53 /Family #55 - Second Ave.
Census Taken the 29 January

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Hatten, Thomas J.	Head	69	OH	WV	OH
Hatten, Mary E. (Walker)	Wife	31	MO	CAN	SCOT
Thomas is listed as a conductor - Beatrice in next extraction may be his daughter.

1920

Griggs County
Formed from Traill & Foster Counties 1881

Bartly Township ~ ED #123

Dwelling #29 /Family #29
Census Taken the 22 January

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Johnston, Fred J.	Head	40	IL	IL	IL
Johnston, Lydia	Wife	26	WI	WI	WI
Johnston, Audrey	Dau	03	MN	IL	WI
Fred is listed as a farmer. Appears Audrey may have been one of their two children who died in infancy.

1920

Steele County
Organized by Legislative act in 1883

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Riverside Township ~ ED #16

Dwelling #63 /Family #65
Census Taken the 14th of January

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Johnson, George	Head	33	IA	IL	IL
Johnson, Frances	Wife	27	WI	WI	WI
Johnson, Ida	Dau	07	MN	IA	WI
Johnson, Madeline	Dau	05	ND	IA	WI
Johnson, Raymond	Son	1/12	ND	IA	WI

1920

Multnomah County

Portland ~ ED #187

Dwelling #160 /Family #273 ~ 1678 Portsmouth
Census Taken the 10 January

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Walker, William H.	Head	38	MN	CAN	SCOT
Walker, Hazel (Minnich)	Wife	28	MI	NY	MI
Walker, Olive Loraine	Dau	1/12	OR	MN	MI
William is listed as a switchman for the railroad.

1920

El Paso County

El Paso City ~ ED #57

Dwelling #149 /Family #206 ~ 3215 Riveria St.
Census Taken the 11 February

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
La Rue, Thomas	Head	39	TN	TN	TN
La Rue, Fronie M.	Wife	39	IL	GER	IL
La Rue, Aralie?	Dau	07	LA	TN	IL
Jackson, Florence R. (Johnson)	*	68	IL	NY	NY
Thomas is listed as a carpenter/contractor; his wife Fronie is probably the daughter of Florence and her first husband Jacob Baker. *Florence is listed as widowed mother-in-law.

1920

King County
Established 1852 from Thurston County

Seattle ~ ED #245

Dwelling #15 /Family #36
Census Taken the 03 January

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Hurley, Edward I.	Head	50	ENG	ENG	ENG
Hurley, Caroline A. (Walker)	Wife	43	IA	CAN	SCOT
Hurley, Catherine	Dau	15	WA	ENG	IA
Hurley, Margaret	Dau	08	WA	ENG	IA
Kinningston?, Lillian R.	Roomer	25	ENG	ENG	ENG
Kinningston?, Arthur J.	Roomer	25	ENG	ENG	ENG
Walker, William A.	"Roomer"	76	CAN	IRE	*
Edward appears to have come to the U.S. in 1890, naturalized in 1895 and listed as a telegrapher for the railroad. Last name of Arthur and Lillian difficult to read, but appears they are married, Lillian having come to the U.S. in 1919, Arthur in 1906 and naturalized in 1919. *William is listed as a widow and is Caroline's father. His occupation looks to be that of longshore contractor. He came to U.S. in 1867, was naturalized in 1872. His mother's place of birth is unclear, but family records indicate she was born in Calcutta, India while her father was a British Army officer and she was of Irish descent.

1920

Whatcom County
Created 1854 from Island County

Lynden Township ~ ED #257

Dwelling #56 /Family #56
Census Taken the 05 January

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Arbuckle, John	Head	45	CAN	SCOT	SCOT
Arbuckle, Clyde	Son	20	MN	CAN	SWEDEN
Arbuckle, Glenn	Son	17	ND	CAN	SWEDEN
Arbuckle, Fred	Son	15	ND	CAN	SWEDEN
Arbuckle, Freda	Dau	12	ND	CAN	SWEDEN
Arbuckle, Leslie	Son	09	ND	CAN	SWEDEN
Arbuckle, Ellen	Dau	07	ND	CAN	SWEDEN
John is listed as widow - his wife was Freda Adalaide Bergman. Indicates he immigrated into the U.S. in 1880 and was naturalized in 1895. His occupation is listed as laborer in lumber mill as is his son Clyde.

Dwelling #68 /Family #68

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Philo, Edwin	Head	68	IA	NY	TN
Philo, Mary (Arbuckle)	Wife	66	SCOT	SCOT	SCOT
Edwin is listed as owning his own home, free of mortgage. His occupation is house carpenter

Dwelling #69 /Family #69

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Philo, Charles	Head	35	MN	IA	SCOT
Philo, Lena (Spearin)	Wife	34	WA	MA	WA
Charles is listed as owning his own home, free of mortgage.

Lynden Township ~ ED #258

Dwelling #140 /Family #145
Census Taken the 21 January

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Williamson, Lee R.	Head	29	WA	SCOT	MO
Williamson, Ethel (Crabtree)	Wife	31	MN	U.S.	U.S.
Williamson, Effie	Dau	10/12	WA	WA	MN
Crabtree, Herb	*	40	MN	U.S.	U.S.
Decker, Dick	Boarder	30	HOLLAND	HOLLAND	HOLLAND
*Lee is listed as a farmer; Brother-in-law Herb is listed as Labor/Teamster; and Dick Decker listed as hired hand.**

Dwelling #140 /Family #145

NAME	REL	AGE	BORN	FATHER BORN	MOTHER BORN
Hinckly, Agnes (Arbuckle)	Head	58	CAN	SCOT	SCOT
Hinckly, Audrey	Dau	15	WA	MI	CAN
Crabtree, Edgar	Son	26	WA	IL	CAN
Crabtree, Walter	Son	28	WA	IL	CAN
Agnes is listed as a widow who had come to the U.S. in 1875. Her sons, both from her first marriage to Charles are listed as farmers.

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